Mario De La Cruz, MS is a founding editor of Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine. As an Associate Director for the Division of Narrative Medicine at Columbia University's Department of Medical Humanities and Ethics, de la Cruz is involved in the development of programmatic advancements and innovative teaching strategies for their Masters of Science in Narrative Medicine program. He lectures at Columbia University, CUNY School of Medicine, and Sarah Lawrence College on illness and disability narratives, social justice in healthcare, narrative in population health and graphic medicine.